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Gracie  Mansion,  Home  of  the  Museum  of  the  City  of  New  York 


THE  OFFICERS  AND  TRUSTEES 

OF  THE 

MUSEUM  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 

Have  the  Honor  to  bivite  You 

to  become  a  member  of  the  new  Museum  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  located  in  the  Gracie  Mansion  at  the  foot  of  88th  Street, 
East  River,  in  Carl  Schurz  Park. 

The  City  gives  the  use  of  this  old  Colonial  building,  situated  in  a 
twelve-acre  park,  commanding  a  superb  view  of  Hell  Gate  and  the 
East  River.  It  also  appropriates  in  its  discretion  for  the  upkeep,  and 
for  the  care  of  the  grounds. 

London  and  Paris  have  similar  institutions,  and  our  Museum  will 
be  modeled  somewhat  along  their  lines. 

The  object  of  the  museum  is  to  promote  a  greater  interest  in  the 
Annals  of  Old  New  York,  and  to  quicken  civic  pride  in  her  glorious 
past.    To  that  end,  collections  of  historic  material — Furniture, 


Silver,  Prints,  Engravings,  Lithographs,  Photographs,  Costumes, 
etc. — and  all  objects  closely  identified  with  the  more  intimate  his- 
tory of  our  City,  are  respectfully  solicited. 

In  particular  the  Museum  desires,  in  commemoration  of  the 

300TH  ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE  FOUNDING  OF  NEW  YORK.  (1926) 

to  Photograph  every  building  now  standing  that  belongs  to  the  19th 
Century.  It  also  hopes  to  go  further,  and  include  every  street  in  the  City, 
so  that  by  1926  there  will  be  a  complete  record  of  how  New  York  looked 
on  her  Three  Hundredth  Birthday. 

Bronze  Marking  Tablets.  Many  important  places  are  without  reminders 
of  their  former  state  of  existence.  An  elaborate  plan  to  remedy  this  de- 
fect is  on  our  program. 

Marine  Room.  The  fame  of  the  Liverpool  Packets,  the  China  Tea  Ships, 
and  the  celebrated  Clippers,  and  all  that  picturesque  period  in  the  "Roar- 
ing Forties,"  when  the  Yankee  Ship  was  Queen  of  the  Seas,  should  be 
prominently  featured  by  Models,  Log  Books,  Compasses  and  other  re- 
minders of  these  square  rigged  beauties  of  long  ago. 

Entertainments  and  Lectures,  by  various  eminent  writers,  historians,  old- 
est inhabitants,  and  anybody  who  can  talk  intelligently  and  interest- 
ingly on  Old  New  York,  will  be  prominently  featured.  Stereopticon  views 
and  Moving  Pictures  of  unusual  value  will  be  presented  from  time  to 
time.  Every  lecture,  Talk  or  Entertainment  of  any  kind  in  this  Museum, 
will  relate  wholly  and  exclusively  to  New  York  City. 

Please  make  your  check  payable  to  Henry  Richmond  Taylor,  Treasurer, 
Museum  of  the  City  of  New  York,  Gracie  Mansion,  foot  88th  Street, 
East  River,  New  York,  for  whichever  class  you  select. 

CLASSES  OF  MEMBERSHIP 
Regular  Members       $10.00  Life  Members  $100.00 

Sustaining    "  25.00  Fellows  250.00 

Founders  $1,000.00 

Benefactors  5,000.00 


OFFICERS 


President: 
Vice-Pres .: 
Treasurer: 
Secretary: 
Asst.  Treas.:  mr.  guy  emerson 


HON.  PHOENIX  INGRAHAM 
HON.  VICTOR  J.  DOWLING 
MR.  HENRY  RICHMOND  TAYLOR 
MR.  ROBERT  LE  ROY 


TRUSTEES 

HON.  PHOENIX  INGRAHAM 
HON.  VICTOR  J.  DOWLING 
MR.  HENRY  RICHMOND  TAYLOR 
MR.  JAMES  SPEYER 
MR.  GEORGE  A.  ZABRISKIE 
MR.  WM.  RHINELANDER  STEWART 
MR.  HENRY  W.  TAFT 
COL.  MICHAEL  FRIEDSAM 
MR.  HENRY  R.  TOWNE 
MR.  LEWIS  GOUVERNEUR  MORRIS 
MR.  JOHN  McE.  BOWMAN 
MR.  FRANK  BAILEY 
MR.  JOHN  R.  VOORHIS 
MR.  ROBERT  LE  ROY 
MR.  HENRY  COLLINS  BROWN 
Ex  officio:  THE  MAYOR,  THE  COMPTROLLER 
AND  THE  PARK  COMMISSIONER 

Director:  mr.  henry  collins  brown 


FOUNDERS 

MR.  ARCHER  M.  HUNTINGTON 

MRS.  ANDREW  CARNEGIE 

MR.  EDWIN  GOULD 

MR.  HENRY  RICHMOND  TAYLOR 

MR.  JAMES  SPEYER 

MR.  GEORGE  A.  ZABRISKIE 

MRS.  JOHN  STEWART  KENNEDY 

MR.  HENRY  R.  TOWNE 

MR.  FRANK  BAILEY 


WOMEN'S  COMMITTKK 

MRS.  JOSEPH  BLAKE,  Chairman 

MRS.  SCHUYLER  VAN  RENSSELAER 

MRS.  HENRY  CARNEGIE  PHIPPS 

MISS  MARY  KERNOCHAN 

MRS.  HENRY  ROGERS  WINTHROP 

MRS. JOSEPH  LAROCQUE 

MRS.  ROBERT  McCURDY 

MRS.  ELIZABETH  THOMAS 

MRS.  HENRY  BULL 

MRS.  ALICE  DUER  MILLER 

MRS.  RUSSEL  HASTINGS 

MISS  CAROLINE  DUER 

MRS.  ADOLF  LADENBERG 


